Sid Ahmed Ghlam

His plot to blow up a church or two in Paris was foiled, but only by chance — he shot himself and called for aid, which led to all kinds of discoveries, including his being the likely murderer of Aurelie Chatelain. And more keep coming, including the revelation that he falsified documents to ensure his admittance to university. As Marine Le Pen notes, it was not effective police work, but an accident, that caused him to be apprehended.

A thread of stories, here.